ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,455, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Optic for backlight control" was invented by Kevin Charles Broughton (Sharpsburg, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device (340) for a light fixture (100) includes an optic portion (550) that has an optic body (551) having a front end (548), a rear end (549), and a curved bottom surface disposed between the front end (548) and the rear end (549). The optic portion (550) also includes a cavity (541) disposed within the optic body (551), where the cavity (541) is open at a top side of the optic body, where the cavity (541) is configured ...